World War 2 Vocabulary

3. Reduction of armed forces and weapons
4. a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
6. the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
11. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
13. the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war
14. a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.
15. hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
16. hopping A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

1. camp Detention centers where more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were relocated during World War II by order of the President.
2. "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
5. A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.
7. a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
8. June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
9. A governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
10. A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler.
12. 1941 law that authorized the president to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security